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After consulting a befriended linguist I found out that the expression "VANDEN" has no meaningful sense in German, while "REICH" in the context used in Bleach always stands for "Empire" since its used as a Name and not an adjective which would mean "rich". So the VANDENNREICH is the VANDENEMPIRE.

btw. Kubo's german expressions are often a little rough, or semanticly incorrect....

no it doesn't. vandens could mean of water, but water–vanduo
but let's not confuse germans and lithuanians, btw my dictionary says reich means rich, I don't see empire anywhere

Reich as a noun in german is empire or kingdom...it only means rich when use as an adjective... in this chapter its very clear that reich would imply as a noun meaning empire or kingdom not as an adjective

After consulting a befriended linguist I found out that the expression "VANDEN" has no meaningful sense in German, while "REICH" in the context used in Bleach always stands for "Empire" since its used as a Name and not an adjective which would mean "rich". So the VANDENNREICH is the VANDENEMPIRE.

btw. Kubo's german expressions are often a little rough, or semanticly incorrect....

You're correct, although one interpretation that I've read is "of the empire", where "van" is the Dutch "of", and "den" the definite article.

-Are the quincy insinuating that they were sent by another ruling larger ruling group, like...another sereitei, but with Quincy instead of Shinigami?

-Is the "empire" the realm of the Spirit King itself, who has grown weary with the old stodgy "Shinigami experiment" that is Sereitei, and is thus sending its elite hit squad--the Vanderreich quincy--to dispatch of the lot of them?--(BONUS: The shinigami, desperate to survive the onslaught, are left with no choice but to free Aizen to fight on their side. Aizen replies simply with a smug "I tried to warn you." All the female Shinigami become instantly pregnant with spirit babies.)

-Did Kubo just wake up yesterday and decide "You know what sounds cool? 'Vanderreich', that's what!" and thus named his major antagonist group accordingly?

-Is the "empire" the realm of the Spirit King itself, who has grown weary with the old stodgy "Shinigami experiment" that is Sereitei, and is thus sending its elite hit squad--the Vanderreich quincy--to dispatch of the lot of them?--(BONUS: The shinigami, desperate to survive the onslaught, are left with no choice but to free Aizen to fight on their side. Aizen replies simply with a smug "I tried to warn you." All the female Shinigami become instantly pregnant with spirit babies.)

-Did Kubo just wake up yesterday and decide "You know what sounds cool? 'Vanderreich', that's what!" and thus named his major antagonist group accordingly?